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Vineyards & Orchards

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Building in Vineyard & Orchard Resilience

With the extremes in weather patterns, never has it been so important to weatherproof your vineyard.

 

During wetter months, capturing and retaining water in the soils is vital to ensure that roots, whether those of vines or a cover crop, can tap in to this resource during hotter, drier months. If the soil is compacted, infiltration rates become very slow...the consequences are far reaching.

"There is a drought if there is no rain...

there is a drought if you can't capture it"

The repeated passes by vineyard tractors and equipment lead to soil degeneration and to the formation of almost impenetrable layers of compact soil (“hard pan”) below the surface.

THE EFFECTS OF COMPACTION
  • Reduced root health, vine growth & yields

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  • Water logging

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  • Loss of the vital soil microbiome​​

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  • Significant run off

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  • Loss of topsoil and erosion

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  • Poor carbon capture

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  • High applicant costs that

      don’t always bring rewarding returns

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  • Increased irrigation costs / water footprint

Run off 
Waterlogged vineyard
Waterlogging
Soil erosion and bare soil in a vineyard
Soil erosion 
WHAT RESULTS CAN YOU EXPECT?
  • Improved root development - density and depth of penetration; disease resistance

 

  • Improved soil BIOLOGY - CHEMISTRY - STRUCTURE

 

  • Optimised yield/quality  potential by optimising rhizosphere conditions for microbial activity and root health

 

  • Reduced costs of e.g. irrigation

 

  • Reduced water footprint

 

  • Reduced run off / waste of any applicants applied

 

  • Reduced water run off, erosion, poaching & water logging

 

 

  • An investment in your REGEN JOURNEY to restore and maintain the future health of your vineyard’s soils

How does AerWorx compare with a subsoiler

Our Machines: 

Options available for the compact machines  - improving the efficiency of the single pass

By performing several tasks in one pass, wheelings care minimised, saving on time, labour and fuel costs . Machines can be built to your specification.

Shown here with the A330 but other sizes are available from 1m widths upwards

Seeder with aerator
  • Seeder 
Harrow and aerator
  • Harrow
  • Spray bar 
The AS120: 1m width x 20" drum 

* SIMPLE
* EFFICIENT
* EASY TO USE
* BESPOKE TO YOUR NEEDS 

                   Q:
Is it time to address your compaction and regenerate your soils?

We’re not just growing grapes, we’re farming soil!

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